Browne, Janet2009-10-221997Browne, Janet. 1997. Officers and council members of the British Society for the History of Science, 1947–97. The British Journal for the History of Science 30, no. 1: 77-890007-0874http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3353946As described elsewhere in this issue of BJHS, preliminary steps towards founding a society for the history of science in Britain were taken in 1946. A meeting was held at the Science Museum, London, on 22 November 1946, chaired by Herbert Dingle, at which Gavin de Beer formally proposed the foundation of a history of science society, seconded by Michael Roberts. A provisional committee was appointed to draw up rules and a constitution.en-USJournal Article2009-10-2210.1017/S0007087496002919